conducting Undergraduate Research within the Rocket Development Lab
The Ablative Phenolics team is led by Jakobe Denby. Their mission is to develop industry-standard ablative throat inserts for the Janus engine for the Cygnus Suborbital team for Deneb.
Ablative Phenolics:
An undersaturated insert created by the last research team (Left) The first insert created by the current research team (Right)
The first insert on the first compression rig made by the current team
The newest team's first layup
The layup of the second insert
The team's second layup
Compressing the layup on the compression rig
The insert before going to the oven to cure
The second cured insert before machining